do any of you use homemade soap to wash your dreads? I was wondering if this is a good idea, because it allows you to alter what stuff you put in your hair and find something that maybe works better than stuff you can buy.
if i could make soap, i would certainly use it to wash my dreads, that would be awesome. you could put all good essential oils and such into it.
if you want to make good homemade soap for your dreads, you are looking at an investment in supplies, essential oils, molds, etc. it's definately not as cheap as a few bars of doc bronners, but its worth it if you would like to make soap as a hobby (i made my own soap for a while) and it's kind of fun, i even grew my own mint, rosemary, lavender, etc. but i found it difficult to find soap mediums other than animal glycerin and 'coconut derivitive' AKA Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. but then again, you may not mind animal glycerin in your hair, but don't be fooled by 'coconut derived lathering agents' woop woop
here is my homemade liquid soap. Its not the best but I have been using it sence october. pomagranite juce -about 6 ounces (I cant spell it but it has an enzime that brakesdown and removes dead skin cells and leaves the liveones unharmed) antibacterial dishsoap -about a teaspoon salt about 2 teaspoons (to counter act the damage of the fragrences) and about 2 oz. of alcohol I never actually mesure the ratios and I think I use a bit too much salt
this is dilli,, but yes we make and i do use my own bar soap on my dreads, i much prefer it over any of the other soaps including bronners ... by home made i mean non glycerin and not beginning with any other soap... it is from scratch,, it isnt expensive to make other than a bit for initial costs,,, 20 bux of supplies makes a whole hell of a lotta soap (molds and lye), once the molds are bought the lye last for several batches and there is no more expense to it until you need more lye,,, you can even make your own lye with some practice and know how...
